Marking device



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MARKING DEVICE Filed nAug. 16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MMX/Lec. zzwdf, www Gm Patented Oct. 15, 1929 `.ALEXANDRA CARLISLE JENKINS, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MARKING DEVICE Application filed` AugustIG, 1926. Serial No. 129,499.

This invention relates in general to mark ing` devices tor marking one ormore sheets or pieces of material and particularly for outlining patterns and the like to be cut from the material. y e

@ne ol' the objects of my invention resides in providing a device for simultaneously marking aplurality of superimposed layers or sheets of material so that the mark will be 1o made at exactly the same spot on all of the sheets or pieces thereby eliminating the necessity of separately marking each piece as is done at the present time.

@till` a further object in my invention resides in providing a device for simultaneously marking at a predetermined spot more than two pieces or sheets of material.

An important object of the invention is to provide a marking device having a pair of 2o substantially co-extensive arms that areprovided with markers` adjacent their ends for marking designs on a piece of material inwardly of an edge thereof and such a device that may be manually manipulated to outline any desirable pattern on a piece of material. Another important` object is to provide a marking device that may be manually manipulated and that will cause a rubbing motion ol the markers on the material :forinten- 3o `sifying the mark.

e Another important object of theiinvention is to provide such a device that may be cheaply `manufactured ingeither of several forms and that will be etlicient in operation. Numerous other objects and advantagesof the` invention will be apparent as it is better understood fromthe tollowing` description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred einbodiment thereof.

Referring` tothe drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational view of a device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the device in Fig. 1; e

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on line 3-3 in Fig. 2; e i

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view partly broken away showing the tip of a lower marking arm arise because no means is present for causing cludesa pair of handles 15 and 16 and in the Fig. 5 is a similar view of a preferred form of mounting a marker in the upper marking arm Figs. 6 and 7 are a side view and plan view of a modified form of my invention;

Fig. 8 is a sideelevation of a second modilied orm; and

Fig. 9 is a section taken substantially on line 9-9 in Fig. 8.

In dressmaking, tailoring and other similarlines of Work it is necessary to mark at different points,`or place indicating marks at fixed points on superimposed sheets or pieces of material, such as cloth and paper, to aid in the making of the pattern or in the cut- 65 ting or fitting. of the garments. At the present time it is customary to mark the upper- `most piece of material such as the cloth` or the paper and then tolift the under pieces or sheets and mark them separately at points registering with the marked spot on the uppermost sheet. These separate marking` operations not only involve considerable delay but also involve slight inaccuracies which exact registration of the marking point on the uppermost from the lower sheet. My present invention relates to a simple and inexpensive device formarking one or two or more than two superimposed layers or sheets ofvmaterial such as paper or cloth, simultaneously and at a definite selected point and in l such a manner that the marked points on each separate "sheet exactly correspond and register. i

To illustrate myinvention, I have shown a preferred form of device for marking pieces of material in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, a modified form in Figs. 6 and 7 and a second modiied form ,in Figs. 8 and 9. All of these forms include co-operating arms 11 and 12, markers "13 and 14 mounted adj acentthe ends of the arms, and means for. manipulating the arms 11 and 12 which in the preferred form inmodifed forms a handle 17. The arms 11 and 12may be yieldably connected together in any suitable manner such as by pivoting the arms on a pin18 (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) and mounting a suitablespring 19 overthe pin normally 100 tending to separate the ends of the arms. 11 and 12. In the modified form shown in Figs.

v 6 and 7 this eifect is produced by bending a flexible strip as at 21 to the extent that the arms are normally separated a suiiicient distance to permit the material to pass between the markers 13 and 14.

Int-he second preferred form the arm 11 takes the formof a base upon which a suit able bearing 22 may be mounted, in whleh the spring yin alignment for normally separating lthe arms 11and 12. Thepreferred form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 is substantially in the form of atong and when it is desirable to preventthe material from being pinched between the arms adjacent the hinge a spring guard 26 may be interposed between the arms Vand fastenedto either as at 27 to prevent the material from being pinched' 'when it is crowded between the arms to mark a piece of material 28V at a considerable distance from y the edge.

The markers 13 vand-14 may be any suitable Y devices that will mar,l discolor oraffect the surfaces of thev material so that the point 'marked may be readily detected and in the present instance I have shown these devices of substantially cylindrical form and it will befunderstood that they may be made ,of chalk, grease crayon, ink, lead or any suitable substance. The endsV of the arms 11 and 12 are provided with cups 29 into which the markers maybe seated and an opening or channel 31 is 'provided that mayy extend `through the arm or through a portion 32 of cupV member 33 to permit of removing the n markers from the cups 29 by means of astraw, `pin ory suitable wire when it is desired to change color or to lsubstitute amarker for Q12 lis made in a .curved form and relatively JL flexible sorthat whenthe handlesz-land 16 other purposes.l When the arm 12 is bent substantially'as shown in Fig. -1,` the upper lmarking device is preferably provided with the cup member 33 that may be attached to the end of the arm in any suitable manner but is A preferably threadedinto the larm substantially as at 34 (Figg) To provide means for causing a rubbing motion of at least one of the -markers -upon Vthe material, thereby intensitying; the ,marinv in the preferred form, either ofthe arms 11 and 1 2 and preferably the arm are' pressed together with the markers 13v and 14 in engagement with the material the arm 12:w1ll, s} 3ringand causethe markers 13 and .14 to. move out of, axial alignment or to'vmove along the surfaces of the material with a 't rubbingmotion. In thefmodified form shown y f vin Figs".A 6; and,7.rubbing motion may be accomplished by attaching the handle 17 to the arm 12 between the marker 14 and the bend 21 so that after the markers 13 and 14 are brought into contact further downward movement of the handle 17 will spring the arm 12 and cause a rubbing movement of the markers 13 and 14 by changing the horizontal distance between the ends of the arm 12. In the second modified form shown in Fig. 8 I have shown a means for eiiecting the rubbing motion when the markers 13 and 14 are mounted on rigid arms. The marker 13 is or may be stationary in all of the forms and the marker 14 may be the movable marker. In this modified form I have shown the marker 14 mounted in a cup 32 in a cylindrical member 33 which is slidably mounted in a bore 34 in a bearing 35 at an end of the arm 12. The upper end of the bearing 35 is preferably threaded to receive a threaded end 36 of the handle 17 and a spring 37 is interposed between the threaded end 36 of the handle and member 33. The

member 33 may be provided with a bore 38 that corresponds to the bore 31 in the preferred form and that is for the purpose of removing the marker. A pin 39 is suitably attached to the member 33 and extends later ally therefrom into a slot 41 that is spirally arranged in the bearing 35 and of a suiiicient size to permit the pin 39 to slide therein. The

spring 37 normally tends to hold the marker 14 in the position shown (Fig. 9) and when the marker is brought down against the material and forces the `material against the marker 13 the marker 14 is moved back against the pressure of the spring 37 and at the same time the pin 39 is moved by the slot 41 to impart a rubbing motion to the marker '14 so that when the markers 13 and 14 are pressed together there will be a rubbing or rotating action between the markers for marking on the material.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 the handles 15 and 16 are grasped by the hand of a user and the arms may be manipulated to mark the material at any point by moving or crowding the material between the arms 11 and 12. In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the handle 17 and the bent end 21 may be 'grasped by the hands of a user and a material may be marked at various points within its edge; this being the preferred form where a substantially rigid or stiff material is to be marked. In the form shown in Fig. 8 the material is passed between the markers 13 and 14 and the handle 17 struck by the operator to mark the material as desired.

Another modification of my invention resides in providing the marking elements 14 comprising pads of a material suitable to absorb ink or otherI fiuid which are adapted thereby to mark more than two superi mposed layers or sheets of material. In this form of the invention for instance if there be live separate layers of cloth or other material to be marked the marking device when applied 

